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The Bachelor of Business Science (BBusSci) is a four-year Honours level degree providing for a scientifically based study of economic and management sciences, "premised on the application of quantitative methods".^[1] The degree is offered in South Africa, and elsewhere in the Commonwealth.

Structure

The BBusSci "allows for intensive specialization" in the degree major^[2] and thus comprises a four-year Honours level program. It differs from the Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) - the three year Bachelor's degree in business and economics usually offered in South Africa - in that, additional to the treatment of the major, all students are exposed to management theory in some depth. Further, majors in various quantitative-based subjects are available under the BBusSci, while these are not offered in (most) BComm programs; relatedly, all students must take a full first-year mathematics course, in addition to courses in statistics. For a comparison with other undergraduate degrees in business and management, see discussion under Bachelor's degree, and compare Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

A student reading the Business Science degree will be able to specialise in the following subjects:

Institutions

The degree is offered by several South African universities (all offer the BComm): The University of Cape Town has offered the BBusSci degree since 1968;^[3] The University of KwaZulu Natal,^[2] Rhodes University ^[1] and Monash University in South Africa ^[4] have offered the degree more recently. The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) ^[5] and UNISA ^[6] both have departments of business and management "Science", although do not grant the BBusSci qualification; Wits, in its BComm, requires compulsory credits in "Computational Mathematics" (calculus and matrix algebra) and statistics,^[7] and allows Commerce students to major in quantitative subjects - if combined with economics - through the BEconSci.^[8]

Elsewhere, the degree is offered by the University of Delhi ^[9] in India; and by Strathmore University ^[10] in Kenya.

References

[RU-1] Rhodes University: FACULTY OF COMMERCE

[UKZN-2] Faculty of Management Studies: UKZN

[3] Management Studies: Faculty of Commerce at the University of Cape Town

[4] Monash University Handbook 2011

[5] Wits: School of Economic & Business Sciences

[6] UNISA: School of Management Sciences

[7] BCom Curriculum, wits.ac.za

[8] Undergraduate: BEconSci, wits.ac.za

[9] University of Delhi: Course information Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine

[10] Strathmore University: School of Finance and Applied Economics

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 The degree is offered by several [[List of universities in South Africa|South African universities]] (all offer the BComm): The [[University of Cape Town]] has offered the BBusSci degree since 1968;<ref>[http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/managementstudies/bbussci Management Studies: Faculty of Commerce at the University of Cape Town]</ref> The [[University of KwaZulu Natal]],<ref name="UKZN"/> [[Rhodes University]] <ref name="RU">[http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/registrar/documents/calendar/Faculty%20of%20Commerce.pdf Rhodes University: FACULTY OF COMMERCE]</ref> and [[Monash University, South Africa campus|Monash University in South Africa]] <ref>[http://monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/4415.html Monash University Handbook 2011]</ref> have offered the degree more recently.  The [[University of the Witwatersrand]] (Wits) <ref>[http://uamp.wits.ac.za/sebs/ Wits: School of Economic & Business Sciences]</ref> and [[UNISA]] <ref>[http://www.unisa.ac.za/Default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=18012 UNISA: School of Management Sciences]</ref> both have departments of business and management "Science", although do not grant the BBusSci qualification; Wits, in its BComm, requires compulsory credits in "Computational Mathematics" ([[calculus]] and [[matrix algebra]]) and statistics,<ref>[http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/clm/sebs/undergraduatestudy/10905/bcom.html BCom Curriculum], wits.ac.za</ref>  and allows Commerce students to major in quantitative subjects - if combined with economics - through the [[Bachelor of Economics|BEconSci]].<ref>[http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/clm/sebs/undergraduatestudy/10903/beconsci.html Undergraduate: BEconSci], wits.ac.za</ref>
-Elsewhere, the degree is offered by the [[University of Delhi]] <ref>[http://www.du.ac.in/course_details.html?department_id=Undergraduate+Courses&coursename=B.B.S.&course_id=26 University of Delhi: Course information]</ref> in [[India]]; and by [[Strathmore University]] <ref>[http://www.strathmore.edu/pdf/actuarial.pdf Strathmore University: School of Finance and Applied Economics]</ref> in [[Kenya]].
+Elsewhere, the degree is offered by the [[University of Delhi]] <ref>[http://www.du.ac.in/course_details.html?department_id=Undergraduate+Courses&coursename=B.B.S.&course_id=26 University of Delhi: Course information] {{wayback|url=http://www.du.ac.in/course_details.html?department_id=Undergraduate+Courses&coursename=B.B.S.&course_id=26 |date=20100409050619 }}</ref> in [[India]]; and by [[Strathmore University]] <ref>[http://www.strathmore.edu/pdf/actuarial.pdf Strathmore University: School of Finance and Applied Economics]</ref> in [[Kenya]].
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